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Accenture Acquires Ookla, Downdetector As Part of $1.2 Billion Deal

BeauHD / slashdot - Accenture is acquiring Downdetector parent company Ookla from Ziff Davis in a $1.2 billion deal to bolster its network analytics and visibility tools for telecoms, hyperscalers, and enterprises. "The deal, which will transfer all of Ziff Davis's Connectiv…

#analytics #networking #business #broadband #internet #acquisitions #performance #technology #telecommunications

Speedtest and Downdetector sold to Accenture as part of $1.2 billion deal

2 days / techspot

Accenture acquires Ookla and Speedtest in billion-dollar cash deal

2 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Accenture buys Ookla: Speedtest, DownDetector under new management

2 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Accenture to acquire Ookla

2 days / advanced-television / Editor

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3 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Accenture acquires Downdetector as part of $1.2 billion deal

3 days / reddit / /u/lurker_bee

Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal

3 days / arstechnica / Scharon Harding

Downdetector and Speedtest have been sold for over $1 billion

3 days / engadget / Will Shanklin

Accenture Acquires Ookla, Downdetector As Part of $1.2 Billion Deal

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Accenture down to buy Downdetector as part of $1.2 billion deal

3 days / theregister / O'Ryan Johnson

Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 20082 / 10 stories in 3 days


OpenAI Ships GPT-5.3 Instant With 27% Fewer Hallucinations and a Less Preachy Tone

Marcus Schuler / implicator - GPT-5.3 Instant rolls out to all ChatGPT users with up to 26.8% fewer hallucinations, reduced refusals, and a less defensive tone.


On site: model sheds 'cringe', curbs caveats and moralizing

OpenAI says its latest model is less likely to beat around the bush

3 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

OpenAI makes ChatGPT feel less ‘cringe’ with GPT-5.3 Instant update

3 days / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

ChatGPT’s new GPT-5.3 Instant model will stop telling you to calm down

3 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.3 Instant: Less “cringe” tone, no more “over-caveating” responses

3 days / sherwood / Jon Keegan


On the ground: GPT‑5.3 Instant rolls out with core improvements

OpenAI launches GPT-5.3 Instant for ChatGPT and API users

2 days / testingcatalog / Alexey Shabanov

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.3 Instant for ChatGPT, Reduces Hallucinations and Refusals

3 days / iclarified

'More Accurate, Less Cringe': OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-5.3 Instant in ChatGPT

3 days / decrypt / Jason Nelson

OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Instant brings cleaner, more natural conversations to ChatGPT

3 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

OpenAI Ships GPT-5.3 Instant With 27% Fewer Hallucinations and a Less Preachy Tone

3 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler


Other: comments, product pages, and everyday‑usability notes

ChatGPT New GPT-5.3 Instant Model Aims to Improve “Everyday Usability”

3 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

GPT‑5.3 Instant

3 days / ycombinator


Reporter: improved web search and better web-sourced answers

ChatGPT Gets GPT-5.3 Instant Update With Less 'Cringe,' Fewer Hallucinations

3 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

OpenAI releases GPT-5.3 Instant for smoother everyday conversations and better search

3 days / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


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OpenAI Ships GPT-5.3 Instant With 27% Fewer Hallucinations www.implicator.ai/openai-ships-g… #AI #ChatGPT

3 days / bsky / @nic221.bsky.social / nic221.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 20073 / 14 stories in 3 days


Google Chrome shifts to two-week release cycle for increased stability

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - Google Chrome will shift from a four-week to a two-week release cycle to roll out new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements more frequently. [...]

#software #google #browsers #internet #ux #performance #technology #updates #bugs

Google feels the need for security speed, so will ship Chrome updates every two weeks

3 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Google Chrome Is Switching To a Two-Week Release Cycle

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Google Moves Chrome to a Two-Week Development Schedule

3 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Google Chrome Moving to Two-Week Release Cycle

3 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Google Chrome shifts to two-week release cycle for increased stability

3 days / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

Google accelerates Chrome release cycle

3 days / theverge / Thomas Ricker

Amid new competition, Chrome speeds up its release schedule

3 days / techcrunch / Sarah Perez

Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 20070 / 7 stories in 3 days


Apple (AAPL) Stock: New MacBook Air M5 Debuts With 512GB Base Storage at $1,099

Trader Edge / parameter - Apple (AAPL) launches MacBook Air M5 at $1,099 with 512GB storage, 4x faster AI performance, Wi-Fi 7, and availability starting March 11. Pre-orders open March 4.The post Apple (AAPL) Stock: New MacBook Air M5 Debuts With 512GB Base Storage at $1,099 appe…


Apple unveils M5 MacBook Air: faster chip, 512GB, Wi‑Fi 7

New MacBooks, the iPhone 17E, and more: everything we know about Apple’s March 2026 announcements

3 days / theverge / Jay Peters

New M5 MacBook Air And Pro Announced With Double The Storage And Blazing Speeds

3 days / bgr

Apple Doubles Down: The New M5 MacBook Air Packs More Storage and Wi-Fi 7

3 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

How to preorder Apples new M5 MacBook Airs

3 days / mashable

New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices

3 days / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Apple unveils new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M5

3 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Apple updates MacBook Air with M5 chip and greater storage

3 days / betanews / Wayne Williams

Apple's new MacBook Air gets M5 and doubles starting storage — base price increases to $1,099

3 days / tomshardware

Apple’s new MacBook Air M5 starts with double the storage

3 days / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

New M5 MacBook Air gets double the storage, Wi-Fi 7, and a higher price

3 days / appleinsider

(PR) Apple Introduces the New MacBook Air with M5

3 days / techpowerup

Apple MacBook Air M5 announced: faster, more storage, and a higher price

3 days / theshortcut / Max Buondonno

Apple’s New M5 MacBook Air Starts With 512GB of Faster SSD Storage

3 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple Unveils The All-New M5 MacBook Air: M5 Chipset, 512GB Of Base Storage, A Faster SSD, The N1 Wireless Chip, A Liquid Retina Display, And Up To 18 Hours Of Battery Life

3 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

Apple Introduces New MacBook Air With M5 Chip, 512GB Base Storage, Wi-Fi 7

3 days / iclarified

Apple Brings MacBook Air Up to Speed With M5 Chip

3 days / cnet / Matt Elliott

Apple Announces MacBook Air With M5 Chip and 512GB Base Storage

3 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton


Price pain: MacBook Air base price rises, global market reaction

Apple raises MacBook prices across the board as M5 chips, new displays signal AI-first strategy

3 days / cnbc

MacBook Air M5 UAE Price Starts at Dhs 4,599: Specs, What's New, and Should You Upgrade?

3 days / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

MacBook Air gets faster M5 chip, double the storage, and a price hike

3 days / digitaltrends

Apple Announces M5 MacBook Air With Double the Starting Storage

3 days / gizmodo / James Pero

Apple (AAPL) Stock: New MacBook Air M5 Debuts With 512GB Base Storage at $1,099

3 days / parameter / Trader Edge

The MacBook Air M5 starts at $1,099, up $100 from the M4

3 days / engadget / Kris Holt

M5 MacBook Air in Canada: Price Up $100 but Now Starts With 512GB Storage

3 days / iphoneincanada / Gary Ng


Should you upgrade? M5 vs M4 and Air vs Pro

The New M5 MacBook Air Is Here: Should You Upgrade?

3 days / cnet / Matt Elliott

MacBook Air M5 vs. MacBook Air M4: What's changed beyond the Apple silicon

3 days / engadget / Rami Tabari

MacBook Air M5 vs MacBook Pro M5: The Dhs 2,600 Question

3 days / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

Apple Reveals New MacBook Pro And Air: What's New And How Much They Cost

3 days / slashgear


Unrelated beats: AI legal and policy concerns

India's Top Court Angry After Junior Judge Cites Fake AI-Generated Orders

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Wyoming’s GRANITE Act Hints at Global Speech Battle to Come

3 days / techpolicy


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3 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

These updated M5 chips were specifically designed to make the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops better at handling intensive AI tasks.

3 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Back to Top / Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 20059 / 32 stories in 3 days


MacBook Pro jumps to M5 Pro and Max silicon, faster storage, and higher prices

digitaltrends - Apple has updated the 14 inch and 16 inch MacBook Pro with its new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, delivering faster CPU and GPU performance, improved AI acceleration, quicker SSD speeds, and support for Wi Fi 7 and Thunderbolt 5, though the upgrades come with h…


Fusion Architecture & Core Design: Apple fuses two dies for AI-focused M5 chips

M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

3 days / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

The MacBook Pro’s M5 Pro/Max Chip Are More Interesting Than You Think

3 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max, and Renames Its M-Series CPU Cores

3 days / apple / John Gruber

Apple reveals M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon with an all-big-core design and big performance gains

3 days / digitaltrends

Apple Launches New M5 Chips, MacBook Pro, and First New Monitors In Years

3 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Apple debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with Fusion Architecture

3 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Apple updates Mac chips and amps up AI claims

3 days / sherwood / Rani Molla

How M5 Pro and M5 Max push MacBook Pro into high-bandwidth AI era

3 days / appleinsider

Apple unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with new ‘Fusion Architecture’

3 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max With 4x Faster AI and New Fusion Architecture

3 days / iclarified

Apple’s M5 Pro & M5 Max Have Been Announced With New Chip Design Called ‘Fusion Architecture’ Combining Super, Performance Cores In A Single Package And More

3 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips

3 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple unveils the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which feature new, faster 'super cores'

3 days / engadget / Cherlynn Low

Apple launches M5 Pro and M5 Max chips

3 days / theverge / Emma Roth


MacBook Pro Refresh & Hardware: On stage: MacBook Pros gain M5 chips, faster SSDs, Wi‑Fi7

Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max Arrive with the World’s Fastest CPU Super Cores

3 days / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple Showcases M5 Pro and M5 Max Capabilities in New MacBook Pro Ad [Video]

3 days / iclarified

Apple Upgrades its MacBook Pros with M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips and Better SSD Storage

3 days / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years

3 days / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

New 14-Inch & 16-Inch MacBook Pro Models With M5 Pro, M5 Max Options Have Gone Official; Up To A 24-Hour Battery Life, New N1 Wireless Chip, Unworldly SSD Speeds & More

3 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

MacBook Pro jumps to M5 Pro and Max silicon, faster storage, and higher prices

3 days / digitaltrends

MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max arrive, with few surprises

3 days / appleinsider

Apple launches new MacBook Pros powered by M5 Pro, M5 Max, and 2x faster SSDs — new 'Super Cores' help deliver up to 30 percent performance boost

3 days / tomshardware

(PR) Apple Introduces MacBook Pro With All-New M5 Pro and M5 Max

3 days / techpowerup

Apple Launches MacBook Pros With New M5 Pro, M5 Max Chips

3 days / cnet / Lori Grunin

(PR) Apple Debuts M5 Pro and M5 Max Processors

3 days / techpowerup

Apple brings its M5 Pro and Max silicon to the next MacBook Pro generation

3 days / engadget / Anna Washenko,Nathan Ingraham

Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros Are Performance Monsters

3 days / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max announced

3 days / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

Apple Introduces MacBook Pro With M5 Pro and M5 Max, Up to 4x Faster AI Performance

3 days / iclarified

Apple announces M5 MacBook Air and updated MacBook Pro

3 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max Chips With New Fusion Architecture

3 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick


OTHER: Unrelated deep-dive — SSD review and peripheral coverage

Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro SSD Review: An 8TB unobtanium monster

3 days / tomshardware


Pricing, Storage & Availability: Higher prices, 1TB base storage, RAM shortages bite

How to preorder Apples new MacBook Pros with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips

3 days / mashable

M5 Pro 14-inch MacBook Pro vs M5 14-inch MacBook Pro: Compared

3 days / appleinsider

The new MacBook Pro laptops are up to $400 more expensive than their predecessors, thanks to the RAM shortage

3 days / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

M5 MacBook Pro drops 512GB, gets $100 hike and 1TB storage

3 days / appleinsider

Apple Brings Relief To Consumers During The DRAM & NAND Shortage, Ups Base Storage To 1TB For All M5, M5 Pro Models, With A Small Catch

3 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

MacBook Pro M5 Pro vs M5 Max: Which Chip Do You Actually Need?

3 days / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max UAE Price: Full Specs, Configurations, and What's New

3 days / tbreak / Abbas Jaffar Ali

M5 MacBook Pro maxxed out will cost you $7349, but could have been a lot worse

3 days / appleinsider

Apple announces new MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, raises MacBook starting prices

3 days / mashable

Apple’s ‘Big Week’ Gets Even Bigger with M5 Pro MacBook Pros

3 days / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Apple’s New M5 MacBook Pro in Canada: Prices Up But Now Starts With 1TB Storage

3 days / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Apple's new M5 MacBooks deliver more performance, but at a higher price

3 days / pocket-lint / Craig Donaldson


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Efficiency cores are now performance cores. Timeline goes sideways. www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/…

3 days / bsky / @siracusa.social / siracusa.social

The biggest news in the M5 story is almost a footnote, at the very bottom of the marketing brochure. “Support for Memory Integrity Enforcement — an industry-first, always-on memory safety protection that does not compromise device performance.” www.appl

3 days / bsky / @arbiteriapetus.bsky.social / arbiteriapetus.bsky.social

It’s amazing what Apple is doing with their processors, if only they wouldn’t make their operating systems be Migraine Fisher Price. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

3 days / bsky / @thomasfuchs.at / thomasfuchs.at

Interesting details on M5 Pro/Max chips: CPU and GPU are now separate dies combined via an interposer. Also Apple now has 3 types of cores: super cores (what used to be perf cores), perf cores (new design), and efficiency cores (same as before). www.appl

3 days / bsky / @yiningkarlli.bsky.social / yiningkarlli.bsky.social

Apple announces updated MacBooks with M5 Pro and Max chips

3 days / techspot

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3 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Apple's M5, M5 Pro, And M5 Max: Which One Do You Actually Need?

3 days / slashgear

Apple M5 Pro and M5 Max Debut New "M-Core" Tier and SoIC 2.5D Packaging

3 days / techpowerup

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